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CS Kindiki fires warning shot at Raila on resumption of demos

"We will not allow people to disrupt businesses, stop transport and destroy property."

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by DENNIS DIBONDO

News11 June 2023 - 16:25
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In Summary


  • This is after Raila said they will resume demos after the bipartisan talks hit the rocks.
  • Kindiki said Raila Odinga should not resolve to demonstrations as an alternative.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki and Tharaka MP Gitonga Murugara at Marimanti Methodist church.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has dared the opposition leader Raila Odinga on planned demonstrations.

This is after Raila said they will resume demos after the bipartisan talks hit the rocks.

Kindiki said Raila Odinga should not resolve to demonstrations as an alternative.

He said they will not allow anarchy.

"We will not allow people to disrupt businesses, stop transport and destroy property," he said.

The CS said those who are aggrieved should go to parliament or court.

He said they will not allow the country to go the way South Sudan and other countries have followed.

"We will not allow demos of breaking shops and causing chaos," he said.

The CS went on to urge political leaders to be tolerant and restrain themselves from causing instabilities.

Kindiki urged Kenyans to stop taking the law into their hands.

He listed Isebania where people took the law into their own hands and raided a police station and Kericho where residents stormed tea companies and destroyed property.

"Any place with the court of arms is a protected area. You cannot for instance raid a police station because a police officer did a mistake. It is a protected area," he said

He spoke at Marimanti Methodist Church, Tharaka constituency, Tharaka Nithi county on Sunday when he attended a church service.

He said 99 percent of the church in Kenya are good and have contributed greatly to development.

"We have given the church a lot of respect to church but some are misleading Kenyans," he said in reference to the Shakahola tragedy.

He said 274 bodies have been exhumed and there are still more graves yet to be dug.

Kindiki urged the genuine church to help Kenyans who are being messed with by fake preachers.

He said the government will use all necessary force to intervene and bring order in Churches to avoid what happened ni Shakahola.

"There was alot of preachers who are hiding behind religion to deprive innocent Kenyans," he said.

He said the government will dig out all graves and rescue those who are alive.

He said they will hold prayers to cleanse the place.

Kindiki said that what happened in Shakahola is like a curse to the country.

"We will hold prayers to cleanse the place and get rid of the curses," Kindiki said.

Kindiki said the government will not backtrack on crooks cons and criminals who hide behind the church.

"President William Ruto begged Kenyans for forgiveness. I have also begged Kenyans for forgiveness for what happened. It should not have happened in the first place without the knowledge of security forces," he said.

He said the government will change the constitution to regulate churches to avoid a repeat of what happened in church.

"I saw some serious clergymen opposing what the government is doing to regulate church but we will not backtrack," he said.

He said that the church cannot be used as a tool to steal from innocent Kenyans.

On the boundary he said will resolve the issues between Meru and Tharaka Nithi.

He urged politicians to avoid inciting residents who cohabit With one another.

"We have the problem of banditry in Tharaka North. We will deploy anti-stock theft to resolve problems there," he said.

Kindiki said he will also follow up incomplete infrastructural project in Tharaka Nithi.


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